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South Dakota's Child Care Deserts

Where South Dakota families can — and can't — find licensed child care, mapped county by county from public U.S. Census data and the state's open provider portal. Darker red means more young children per licensed provider.

56,764
SD children under 5
723
licensed providers
79
children per provider (statewide)
4
counties with no providers
Aurora County — 65 children under 5 per providerBennett County — 116 children under 5 per providerBuffalo County — 57 children under 5 per providerCodington County — 120 children under 5 per providerDavison County — 78 children under 5 per providerDouglas County — 224 children under 5 per providerHaakon County — 58 children under 5 per providerHanson County — 83 children under 5 per providerMcCook County — 49 children under 5 per providerMellette County — 142 children under 5 per providerPennington County — 104 children under 5 per providerSanborn County — 170 children under 5 per providerTurner County — 60 children under 5 per providerZiebach County — 162 children under 5 per providerBeadle County — 141 children under 5 per providerBrookings County — 70 children under 5 per providerButte County — 82 children under 5 per providerCharles Mix County — 109 children under 5 per providerCuster County — 43 children under 5 per providerDeuel County — 144 children under 5 per providerDewey County — 115 children under 5 per providerEdmunds County — 142 children under 5 per providerGrant County — 49 children under 5 per providerHand County — 177 children under 5 per providerHarding County — no licensed providersHughes County — 77 children under 5 per providerHyde County — 88 children under 5 per providerJones County — 45 children under 5 per providerLake County — 44 children under 5 per providerLyman County — 297 children under 5 per providerMeade County — 62 children under 5 per providerMiner County — 73 children under 5 per providerMoody County — 38 children under 5 per providerShannon County — 0 children under 5 per providerSpink County — 53 children under 5 per providerStanley County — 79 children under 5 per providerTodd County — 329 children under 5 per providerUnion County — 61 children under 5 per providerBrule County — 68 children under 5 per providerClark County — 111 children under 5 per providerDay County — 138 children under 5 per providerFaulk County — 92 children under 5 per providerHamlin County — 340 children under 5 per providerHutchinson County — 110 children under 5 per providerKingsbury County — 184 children under 5 per providerMarshall County — 169 children under 5 per providerPotter County — 111 children under 5 per providerSully County — no licensed providersWalworth County — no licensed providersJackson County — 307 children under 5 per providerLawrence County — 69 children under 5 per providerLincoln County — 71 children under 5 per providerMcPherson County — 39 children under 5 per providerMinnehaha County — 68 children under 5 per providerPerkins County — 178 children under 5 per providerRoberts County — 58 children under 5 per providerBon Homme County — 126 children under 5 per providerBrown County — 89 children under 5 per providerCampbell County — 74 children under 5 per providerClay County — 82 children under 5 per providerCorson County — 184 children under 5 per providerFall River County — 69 children under 5 per providerGregory County — 40 children under 5 per providerTripp County — 75 children under 5 per providerYankton County — 70 children under 5 per providerJerauld County — no licensed providers

Hover a county for its name and supply number · click a county to see its providers.

No licensed providersOver 144 children per provider110–14474–10959–73Under 58 (best supply)

The tightest supply

CountyChildren under 5Licensed providersChildren per provider
Hamlin6792340
Todd9883329
Jackson3071307
Lyman2971297
Douglas2241224
Kingsbury3682184
Corson3682184
Perkins1781178
Hand1771177
Sanborn1701170
Marshall3382169
Ziebach1621162

Methodology & sources

Demand: children under 5 by county, U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates (2023 vintage). Supply: licensed child care providers from South Dakota's open provider portal (olapublic.sd.gov), placed to counties by ZIP. The ratio counts providers, not licensed seats. Childcare Alerts is an independent service, not affiliated with any state agency. See the Minnesota and Wisconsin maps too.